Stain Glass Mural for Salt Brook
The NPEF awarded another grant to allow the National Art Honor Society to create a stain glass mosaic mural similar to the one they constructed for the High School media center for the front entrance of the Salt Brook school library. The grant covered the costs of the materials and the students and teachers will […]
Phase III Smartboard Integration: Social Studies
Smartboard technology enhanced the Social Studies instruction through the use of interactive projection technology, provided a means to deliver specialized academic support, and allowed students to present research and historical analysis through programs such as PowerPoint, ABC-Clio, and Safari Montage.
Micro Dome – A View Port to the Universe
For the last three years the students at NP Middle and High Schools have been able to view the power of the Hayden Planetarium by having Aram Freidman, the former engineering director of the Hayden Planetarium, produce the three dimensional universe in the classroom. The program helps students understand the 3D relationship of the Earth […]
Investigating the Biological Sciences using ProScopes
The NPEF has awarded several grants over the last four years for the purchase of ProScopes (digital microscopes) and Vernier Probes that help increase the technological skills of the students, bring a more modern and realistic setting to the classroom laboratory, increase the students’ observational, analytical, and drawing skills, and raise the students’ critical thinking […]
A Sound Idea – Capturing Audio with Quality
The Music and Performing Arts Department is granted money to be used for purchasing and installing stationary high quality hanging recording microphones in the High School/Middle School Choral, Orchestra and Band Rooms. These microphones will stay in each room. In addition, a secure, mobile cart will house a Multi-Channel Digital Track Recorder which can be […]